Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds using nitro ketene dithioacetal

This review describes developments in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds using the nitro ketene dithioacetal 1-nitro-2,2-bis(methylthio)ethylene ( 3 ).     

Synthesis of vinyl esters of organosilicon carboxylic acids

Conclusions The vinylation of -silicon-containing carboxylic acids by acetylene under the influence of zinc and cadmium salts was investigated. A method was found for producing organosilicon complex vinyl esters.     

Synthesis of 2-methylthioindolizine-3-carbonitriles using nitro ketene dithioacetal

The reaction of 1-cyanomethylpyridinium chloride or bromide, 1a-i , with 1,1-bis(methylthio)-2-nitroethylene ( 2 ) in the presence of triethylamine as a base in ethanol gave the corresponding 2-methylthioindolizine-3-carbonitrile 3 and 2-methyl-thio-1-nitroindolizine-3-carbonitrile 4 in good yields, respectively. Compounds 3a,f were key intermediates for the synthesis of cycl[3.2.2]azine derivatives.     

Synthesis of some thioglycidyl esters of monobasic carboxylic acids

Thioglycidyl esters of monobasic carboxylic acids were synthesized by thioepoxidation of glycidyl esters of thiourea.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii No. 5, pp. 588–590, May, 1989.     

Synthesis of γ-diketo carboxylic acids and their esters

Conclusions We have developed a method of obtaining -diketocarboxylic acids and their esters by acid hydrolysis of esters of-(5-methylfuryl)propionic acids.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 214–215, January, 1968.     

Synthesis of gross-conjugated polyenic dialdehydes and carboxylic acid esters

Conclusions Methylenemalonaldehyde was used in a convenient method for the synthesis of 4-aryl-and 4-heteroarylmethylenehepta-2,5-diene-1,7-dials and dimethyl esters of 6-aryl- and 6-heteroarylmethyleneundeca-2,4,7,9-tetraene-1,11-dioic acid.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2614–2616, November, 1987.     

Synthesis of dimethyl esters of protoporphyrin ix and pemtoporphyrin

The dimethyl esters of protoporphyrin IX and pemtoporphyrin were synthesized by cyclization ofa,c-biladienes to the corresponding porphyrins, which contain -diethylaminoethyl groups as potential vinyl substituents, and subsequent Hofmann degradation of them to vinylporphyrins in high yields.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 202–206, February, 1973.     

Synthesis of carboxylic esters from aldehydes using metal carbonyl anions,part 2. Dimerization of aldehydes to carboxylic esters catalyzed by disodium pentacarbonylchromate,na2[cr(co)5]

Na₂[Cr(CO)₅] (1) was found to be an efficient catalyst for the dimerization of aldehydes to carboxylic esters. Several aromatic aldehydes including furfural gave the corresponding esters in good yields. This reaction also proceeded intramolecularly to give phthalide from phthalaldehyde. Compared with M₂[Fe(CO)₄] (M = Na, K), 1 was found to be a more efficient catalyst for this reaction. However, aliphatic aldehydes gave aldolcondensation products instead of the corresponding esters. In the reactions of p-substituted benzaldehydes with 1, the reactivity decreased with the increase of the electron-releasing ability of the substituents. However, even p-anisaldehyde, which hardly reacted with M₂[Fe(CO)₄], reacted with 1 to give the ester in moderate yield. The reaction mechanism, including the nucleophilic attack of the pentacarbonylchromate dianion on the carbonyl carbon, is discussed.     

利用人工模拟酶环糊精催化羧酸酯水解反应的研究进展

环糊精因其结构和性质的特殊性在人工模拟酶方面发挥着重要的作用．概述了 利用简单的环糊精、带有催化基团的环糊精和二聚体环糊精催化羧酸酯水解反应的 研究进展．     

Fe-catalyzed thioesterification of carboxylic esters

Second nature: Starting from shelf-stable aryl esters and thiols, a variety of carboxylic acid esters were transformed into the corresponding thioesters with no racemization of labile stereocenters. The method was successfully applied in a native chemical-ligation-type peptide formation, which suggests that the thiol may act as a co-catalyst for future 1,2-additions of pronucleophiles to carboxylic esters.     

Synthesis of carboxylic acid esters in the presence of micro- and mesoporous aluminosilicates

The catalytic properties of zeolites HY, HBeta, and HZSM-12 and of mesoporous amorphous aluminosilicate in liquid-phase esterification of aliphatic (monobasic C₁–C₁₈, dibasic C₆, C₁₀) and aromatic (benzoic, trimellitic, phthalic) carboxylic acids with butanol were studied. Zeolite HBeta appeared to be the most active catalyst. Procedures were developed for preparing esters in the presence of zeolitic catalyst HBeta, ensuring 100% selectivity of ester formation at 90–98% conversion of the acid.     

Molybdenum and tungsten complexes of sulfene (thioformaldehyde S,S-dioxide)

Propionitrile complexes fac-[M(CO)(3)(P-P)(NCEt)] (M = Mo (3), W (4); P-P = Ph(2)PCH(2)PPh(2) (a), Ph(2)PC(2)H(4)PPh(2) (b), Ph(2)PC(3)H(6)PPh(2) (c), (S,S)-Ph(2)PCHMeCHMePPh(2) (d), Fe(C(5)H(4)PPh(2))(2) (e)) were synthesized from [M(CO)(3)(NCEt)(3)] and the corresponding diphosphine. Reactions of 3 and 4 with sulfur dioxide initially gave complexes fac-[M(CO)(3)(P-P)(eta(2)-SO(2))] (M = Mo (5), W (6)), which slowly isomerized to mer-[M(CO)(3)(P-P)(eta(1)-SO(2))] (M = Mo (7), W (8)). The structures of 7b and 8b were determined by X-ray crystallography. Both compounds are isostructural (monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n (No. 14)) with almost identical unit cell dimensions (7b, a = 14.511(5) A, b = 12.797(2) A, c = 16.476(6) A, beta = 115.92(2); 8b, a = 14.478(8) A, b = 12.794(3) A, c = 16.442(9) A, beta = 116.01(2)) and molecular geometries. Treatment of either fac-[M(CO)(3)(P-P)(eta(2)-SO(2))] or mer-[M(CO)(3)(P-P)(eta(1)-SO(2))] with diazomethane yielded the sulfene complexes mer-[M(CO)(3)(P-P)(eta(2)-CH(2)SO(2))] (M = Mo (9), W (10)). The structure of 10a was determined crystallographically: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n (No. 14), a = 11.719(2) A, b = 17.392(4) A, c = 13.441(3) A, beta = 95.58(2). The tungsten atom resides in the center of a distorted pentagonal bipyramid. The sulfene ligand occupies two adjacent equatorial sites with the bond distances W-C, 2.322(13) A, W-S, 2.353(3) A, and S-C, 1.721(12) A. The latter equals the S-C single bond distance in thiirane S,S-dioxide, indicating a high degree of charge density transfer into the LUMO of the sulfene ligand.     

Capillary chromatography of polyfluorinated carboxylic esters

Retention indices and dI/dT values were obtained for members of six homologous and six pseudohomologous series of polyfluorinated saturated carboxylic esters on capillary columns with OV-101 or XE-60 as stationary phase. There was a nonlinear dependence of retention indices of fluorinated fatty acid esters on carbon chain length of homologs with m, n=1–6. A universal correlation equation was shown to describe the chromatographic behavior of polyfluorinated carboxylic esters.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1740–1745, August, 1991.     

Synthesis of C-acyl furanosides via the cross-coupling of glycosyl esters with carboxylic acids

C-Acyl furanosides are versatile synthetic precursors to a variety of natural products, nucleoside analogues, and pharmaceutical molecules. This report addresses the unmet challenge in preparing C-acyl furanosides by developing a cross-coupling reaction between glycosyl esters and carboxylic acids. A key step is the photoredox activation of the glycosyl ester, which promotes the homolysis of the strong anomeric C–O bond through CO₂ evolution to afford glycosyl radicals. This method embraces a large scope of furanoses, pyranoses, and carboxylic acids, and is readily applicable to the synthesis of a thymidine analogue and diplobifuranylone B, as well as the late-stage modification of (+)-sclareolide. The convenient preparation of the redox active glycosyl ester from native sugars and the compatibility with common furanoses exemplifies the potential of this method in medicinal chemistry.

A cross-coupling of glycosyl esters with carboxylic acids to prepare C-acyl furanosides and pyranosides. The reaction proceeds through photoredox activation of the glycosyl ester to afford glycosyl radicals.     

Synthesis and antifungal activity of carvacrol and thymol esters with heteroaromatic carboxylic acids

Aiming to obtain the more effective pathogen inhibitive ingredients and explore the influence of introducing different heterocyclic units to carvacrol and thymol esters, twenty ester derivatives with different heterocyclic units were synthesized. And the in vitro antifungal activity of title compounds against five plant pathogenic fungi was evaluated by mycelium growth rate method. The results showed that some carvacrol and thymol esters showed good to excellent antifungal activity, and compound 9d (4-bromo-5-isopropyl-2-methylphenyl picolinate) exhibited a broad antifungal spectrum. Preliminary study indicated that the introduction of furan, thiophene and pyridine unit could enhance the antifungal activity of carvacrol and thymol esters against Botrytis cinerea and a bromine atom on the para position of benzene moiety could enhance their antifungal activity.     

Synthesis ofN-(imidomethyl)glycine esters from alkyl glycinates,imides of dicarboxylic acids,and formaldehyde

A method for preparingN-(imidomethyl)glycine esters by the reaction of alkyl glycinates with formaldehyde and imides has been developed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1306–1307, July, 1995.